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fr. Richard Archer, O.P.
is our Priory Steward – paying the bills, keeping computerized accounts,
getting in the supplies, and keeping us shipshape in maintenance of our
aging house.
He also sends out dozens of CD’s of
Jude’s preaching reflections each week to patrons around the world. We
are all grateful for his attentiveness in 2008 to a serious mold abatement
project by working with the contractor and insurance adjustor.
In June 2008, he celebrated his 50th
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fr. Bert Ebben, O.P. -- who was the founding
provincial of the Southern Province (1979-1984) -- spends half
the year in Raleigh broken up by two three month periods in
Kenya where he supervises three development projects. [See
the section on Kenya Mission for
details.] Bert has spent most of his religious life in
Africa, first in Nigeria for 20 years during which time he was
two-term vicar provincial of the St. Joseph the Worker Province
in the 1970s, and then since the late 1980s in East Africa.
When he's with us in Raleigh, he frequently celebrates the
African Masses in the diocese, besides being our landscaper and
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fr. Paul Philibert, O.P. --
has spent most of his Dominican life
as a professor of religion and pastoral theology, and he
publishes in those areas. He recently translated a series of
important articles by Cardinal Yves Congar on liturgical
theology that will appear next year under the title At the Heart
of Christian Worship. Paul was Prior Provincial of the Southern
Dominican Province some years ago and, more recently, Prior of
the Albertinum -- the international priory of the Dominican
Friars at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He is at
present a member of the Commission on Studies of the Order of
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fr. Jorge Rátiva – is the newest member of the
community. A native of Tunja, Colombia, Jorge was
ordained to the diaconate on December 12, 2009, and he is
now doing an internship in campus ministry at the
Duke
University Catholic Center. His particular
emphasis at Duke is on ministry with the Latino
community, cultural diversity and spiritual
formation for leadership. Previously, as a student
brother for our province, Jorge ministered to the Hispanic
community at Raleigh’s
Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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fr. Bruce Schultz, O.P. -- is our Prior and serves
as a part-time Catholic campus minister at
North Carolina Central University, a historically African
American institution in nearby Durham, NC. Bruce has
worked most of his religious life in the Black Catholic
community -- serving as pastor of two African American parishes
and earning a Master's in Black Catholic Studies from the
Institute for Black Catholic Studies of Xavier University of
Louisiana. Bruce is available for parish missions and
other itinerant preaching. |
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fr. Jude Siciliano, O.P.
is our community's Lector, keeping us current with developments
in theology and pastoral issues. Jude continues his
itinerant preaching ministry, giving parish retreats and
preaching workshops throughout the country. While traveling and
at home, he writes his weekly internet reflections on the Sunday
scriptures for preachers and laity. He also is a
homiletics instructor in summer preaching institutes, and has
developed a Circle Preaching cycle of workshops to prepare lay
preachers. In addition, Jude is the promoter of our
Raleigh area Dominican Laity group. Jude is the Promoter
of Preaching for the Southern Dominican Province and served as
the first Student Director for the Province in the 1980s. |
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fr. Steve Smith, O.P.
continues to serve the Diocese of Raleigh as Vicar for Priests, and most
weekends preaches around the diocese, or across the country for the
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging appealing for families to
support a child or elderly person overseas. He also works on dozens of
marriage cases with the diocesan tribunal each year.
Steve also is our Recycling
Advocate, diligently separating glass, plastic, paper and aluminum each week
for Raleigh’s effort to go Green. For the first half of his Dominican
life, Steve was a missionary in Pakistan. In June 2008, he celebrated
his 50th Jubilee of ordination.
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Also assigned to our
community but living elsewhere are fr. Marty Iott, O.P. who
now lives at the Friends of God Dominican Ashram in Adrian, Michigan, and
fr. Leobardo Almazán, O.P. who is doing advanced studies in Rome.
We are also the "home away from home" for fr. Minlib Dallh, O.P.,
who met our Province through this community and now is completing advanced
studies in Islam at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. |
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